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NICD Reports 5 644 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

Coronavirus patients receive oxygen in the Intensive Care Unit of a Hospital in Machakos, Kenya, August 20, 2021.

The NICD reports 5,644 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,770,575. This increase represents a 17.6% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 235 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 81,830 to date.

16,426,011 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	8,965,067	55%	11,252	35%
Public	7,460,944	45%	20,788	65%
Total	16,426,011		32,040

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (35%), followed by Western Cape and Eastern Cape (16%) each. Free State accounted for 10%; Northern Cape accounted for 7%; Gauteng Province and Mpumalanga accounted for 6% each; North West accounted for 3%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 29 Aug 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 29 Aug 2021	New cases on 30 Aug 2021	Total cases for 30 Aug 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	266,349	0	266,349	931	267,280	9.6
Free State	147,421	0	147,421	552	147,973	5.3
Gauteng	904,590	6	904,596	343	904,939	32.7
KwaZulu-Natal	476,193	0	476,193	1,982	478,175	17.3
Limpopo	119,719	5	119,724	44	119,768	4.3
Mpumalanga	144,084	3	144,087	327	144,414	5.2
North West	142,850	-16	142,834	170	143,004	5.2
Northern Cape	80,666	0	80,666	392	81,058	2.9
Western Cape	483,059	2	483,061	903	483,964	17.5
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2,764,931	0	2,764,931	5,644	2,770,575	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 5 644) is lower than yesterday (n= 7 740) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 10 281). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 291 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

Sector	Facilities Reporting	Admissions to Date	Died to Date	Currently Admitted
Private	255	191,016	34,808	5,994
Public	409	216,400	52,643	6,879
TOTAL	664	407,416	87,451	12,873